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Transport Guide Index MOBILITY SHOP TRANSPORT GUIDE INDEX INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................3 PUBLIC TRANSPORT ..................................................................4 Road ..............................................................................................4 Bus .................................................................................................4 Further private operators...........................................................6 Taxi ................................................................................................ 7 Railway ..........................................................................................9 Tram ..............................................................................................9 Train .............................................................................................10 Metro ............................................................................................12 Funicular......................................................................................15 River .............................................................................................15 Douro River Crossing .................................................................15 PRIVATE TRANSPORT .............................................................. 16 Car ................................................................................................16 Bicycle ..........................................................................................17 TICKETS ...................................................................................... 18 NOTES .........................................................................................23 2 INTRODUCTION During these last years there has been a strong increase in road traffic in the cities, owing to different factors, namely, the rise in travelling within the urban tissue, in quantity and length, as well as in the number of cars per 1000 inhab­ itants. Various economic, urbanistic and environmental reasons make it impossible to accompany this development by creating more transport structures to satisfy the need for travelling and parking, in due time. The result is well known: streets filled with vehicles, traffic difficulties and high environmental impact, endangering the quality level of life in the cities. The Porto City Council has been trying to minimize these effects by adopting traffic management and control meas­ ures to optimize usage of the travelling space. The Mobility Management techniques in use, for example, take some procedures to enhance the use of more sustain­ able means of transportation, namely a wider use of public transport. The Mobility Shop, in Porto, fits in these purposes by supplying different kinds of services that allow a better knowledge of the available options, for a better use of the varied means of transportation. This guide synthesizes a set of useful data on how each means of transportation can be used in Porto, for whatever kind of travelling you need: house – work, house – school or simply leisure. Porto, September 2008 MOBILITY SHOP 3 PUBLIC TRANSPORT ROAD PUBLIC TRANSPORT ROAD BUS The bus company operating in Porto is STCP ­ Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos do Porto, SA. WORKING HOURS Buses travel day and night within the Porto district or into one of the 5 neighbouring districts (Matosinhos, Vila Nova de Gaia, Maia, Gondomar and Valongo). The STCP provides free timetables and maps of the day and dawn network. The day network works from 06:00 to 21:00 with 60 lines, 39 of which keep working up to 00:30. From 01:00 to 05:00 the main axes of the STCP network are covered by 13 lines, providing combined connections at the Avenida dos Aliados. (Check network maps and timetables at the STCP offices and Mobility Shop) The line numbers have 3 digits. The first one, from 2 to 9 corresponds to the destination geographic area, according to the above map. 4 PUBLIC TRANSPORT ROAD There are also shorter local lines whose identification begins with Z, as in Zone – ZH (Historical Zone ), ZR (River Zone), ZM (Massarelos Zone) and ZL ( Lordelo Zone). The dawn network’s identification begins with the line number, followed by “M” (as for dawn in Portuguese “madrugada”). TICKETS To travel on buses, clients must hold a month pass or a ticket valid for their trip. All tickets must be validated when entering the bus, at one of the yellow validating devices. All STCP lines accept both their own pass or ti­ cket and the intermodal Andante pass or ticket. In the buses you can purchase the ticket “Agente Único STCP” for the single trip you are about to go on, and the Andante Tour tickets that allow you to travel within the Andante network for 24 consecutive hours (Andante Tour 1) and 72 consecutive hours (Andante Tour 3) counting from the first validation. The STCP monthly pass is loaded into a Gold Andante card (personalized). This card can be loaded with both STCP and Andante intermodal tickets. You can have at the same time a monthly STCP or Andante pass and one of the occa­ sional STCP or Andante tickets loaded into your card. The occasion al STCP tickets can be bought in multiples of 2 or 10 trips and must be loaded into an STCP rechargeable card or the Andante Gold card. The monthly pass can be bought at the STCP ticket offices and at the Andante shops. It can be loaded at the post offices, the Payshop agents, the STCP ticket offices, the automatic sale machines at the Metro stations and at the ticket offices of the S. Bento (Mobility Centre), Cam­ panhã, General Torres, Espinho and Ermesinde railway stations. 5 PUBLIC TRANSPORT ROAD You can check the sale points at www.stcp.pt, as well as through the free telephone line (Linha Azul) 808 200 166. EASY ACCESS STCP buses equipped with access platforms show a sticker identifying access for people with reduced mobility. The majority of the rest of the buses have a low ground level also allowing access to wheelchairs. CONNECTION AIRPORT - PORTO Lines 601 and 602 connect the airport to the centre of Porto. Line 604 connects the S. João Hospital to “Pólo Universitá­ rio da Asprela” (the Asprela University Campus), departing from the airport. FURTHER PRIVATE OPERATORS Private operators provide road transportation out of the city. These trips depart from bus terminals located mostly in the city centre. In the Mobility Shop you can find detailed information on directions, timetables and prices of these operators. Travelling within the city is not possible with these opera­ tors. TIMETABLES Timetables are available at each operator’s office, on the respective terminal, as well as at the Mobility Shop. 6 PUBLIC TRANSPORT ROAD TICKETS Tickets and monthly passes are bought at the offices of the bus operators. Long trip tickets (expressos) can also be bought at travel agencies. The Andante tickets are valid for some lines of the private operators associated to the intermodal system: Resende (105 Custóias/Leça da Palmeira, 107 Matosinhos/Va­ longo); Valpi (Line Sobrado de Baixo/Porto [Trindade] and Line Ponte Rio Ferreira / Porto [Trindade]); Espírito Santo (18 Afurada [Vila Nova de Gaia]/Porto [Boavista]); Maia Transportes (25 Alfena/Maia [Pr. do Município]) and Gondomarense (1 Porto [C. 24 Agosto]/Gramido and 22 Porto [C. 24 Agosto]/Lagoa). Check ticket prices on pages 18 and 19) TAXI The Mobility Shop provides information on the location of the city’s taxi stops. Taxis work day and night and are available at any of the several taxi ranks in the city. They usually take up to 4 people, but there are also some vehicles prepared to take up to 8 people. Taxis are normally beige, or black and green and hold a lighted sign showing the word “TAXI”, which also shows the fare in use. Every taxi has a taximeter and the tra v­ eller should pay the exact amount it shows at the end of the trip. 7 PUBLIC TRANSPORT ROAD The transport of animals and packages measuring over 55x35x20 cm is subject to an extra charge of €1,60, except for the auxiliary devices for people with reduced mobility, prams and accessories to transport children and guide dogs. Calling a taxi by telephone or by the taxi radio central costs an extra € 0,80. Information on prices is stuck onto the window of the rear left door and is also available at the Mobility Shop. The taxi driver must issue a receipt for the ride and the client must keep it and check if the taxi plate is correct. If any claim arises, the client must present the receipt to a security officer or office. TAXI PRICES URBAN SERVICE Up to 4 Initial fee 2,00 passengers Per Km 0,45 06:00­21:00 Over 4 Initial fee 2,00 passengers Per Km 0,58 Up to 4 Initial fee 2,50 passengers 21:00­06:00 and Per Km 0,54 sat/sun/holidays Over 4 0:00 ­ 24:00 Initial fee 2,50 passengers Per Km 0,70 URBAN/SUBURBAN SERVICE (combined trips) EMPTY RETURN Up to 4 Initial fee 3,25 passengers Per Km 0,90 06:00­21:00 Over 4 Initial fee 3,25 passengers Per Km 1,16 Up to 4 Initial fee 3,90 passengers 21:00­06:00 and Per Km 1,08 sat/sun/holidays Over 4 0:00 ­ 24:00 Initial fee 3,90 passengers Per Km 1,39 8 PUBLIC TRANSPORT ROAD URBAN/SUBURBAN SERVICE (combined trips) RETURN WITH PASSENGERS Up to 4 Initial fee 3,25 passengers Per Km 0,45 06:00­21:00 Over 4 Initial fee 3,25 passengers Per Km 0,58 Up to 4 Initial fee 3,90 0,54 passengers 21:00­06:00 and Per Km sat/sun/holidays Over 4 0:00 ­ 24:00 Initial fee 3,90 passengers Per Km 0,70 SERVICE BY THE HOUR – Previously agreed Up to 4 1 hour 8,35 passengers ½ hour 4,18
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